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Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) @warwickpais.bsky.social · Jul 23

A Man, a Plan, and a Long History of Overplayed Hands

In Foreign Policy, PAIS's Tom Long and Carsten-Andreas Schulz put Donald Trump's recent threats to reclaim the Panama Canal in a long-term perspective.

Read the article -> buff.ly/FE8QRe0

A Man, a Plan, and a Long History of Overplayed Hands

Trump did not invent hardball U.S. diplomacy with Panama. Then, as now, it is doomed to backfire.

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Jul 19

And check out the underpinning research, open access in APSR! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jul 18

Read @tomlongphd.bsky.social & @caschulz.bsky.social's short essay in @us.theconversation.com covering their recent @apsrjournal.bsky.social article.

"How 1860s Mexico offered an alternative vision for a liberal international order" - cup.org/3IBG3P5

How 1860s Mexico offered an alternative vision for a liberal international order

France imposed an emperor on Mexico. The Mexican republic resisted.

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Jul 15

The history of international order is usually the history of the great powers. But what can we learn from looking at worldviews of those who resisted intervention?

Very pleased to have this new post available on The Conversation with my coauthor and friend @caschulz.bsky.social.

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Jul 15

France imposed an emperor on Mexico. The Mexican republic resisted.

How 1860s Mexico offered an alternative vision for a liberal international order

France imposed an emperor on Mexico. The Mexican republic resisted.

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations to this year's ISA #BookAward winners! Check them out and add them to your summer reading list. Stay tuned for more winner announcements throughout the summer.

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Jun 24

Yes, I've worked in RG59 a good bit. This could be a disaster, or it could be pre-registration like at most Latin American foreign ministry archives. Given the current direction of policy, I fear the former... but also don't want panic if it's more of an admin change. Thanks for flagging it.

Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Jun 24

Oh, wow. Any idea what this means in practice? Like, submit a form in advance or only federal employees on government business?

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Jun 13

IR accounts of history have long emphasized turning points; increasingly, IR scholars invoke "critical junctures." But how should IR understand these?

In this article, forthcoming in EJIR, @caschulz.bsky.social, and I propose a framework for CJ analysis in IR:
wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/19...

Critical junctures in international relations : antecedents, contingency, and change in world politics - WRAP: Warwick Research Archive Portal

wrap.warwick.ac.uk

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thank you!

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · May 14

"An important source of declassified materials for scholars of American diplomacy is now under threat" Prof Mitch Lerner at LSE Blog on the Historians Advisory Council, declassification, FRUS & much more #SHAFR @osuhistory.bsky.social @mershoncenter.bsky.social 🗃️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · May 27

New article decentring the Berlin Conference from the point of view of Latin America, by @tomlongphd.bsky.social and @caschulz.bsky.social #HistIR www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Seeing the Berlin Conference from the periphery: Latin American reactions to imperialism elsewhere, 1884–85 | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core

Seeing the Berlin Conference from the periphery: Latin American reactions to imperialism elsewhere, 1884–85

www.cambridge.org

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · May 27

Thanks, Jan!

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Journal of Global History (JGH) @globalhistjnl.bsky.social · May 22

📢 New on First View!

Tom Long (‪@tomlongphd.bsky.social‬) and Carsten-Andreas Schulz ‪(@caschulz.bsky.social‬) highlight the broader repercussions of late nineteenth-century ‘high imperialism’ and reassess the nature of Latin American anti-imperialism.

Read more here! doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Seeing the Berlin Conference from the periphery: Latin American reactions to imperialism elsewhere, 1884–85 | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core

Seeing the Berlin Conference from the periphery: Latin American reactions to imperialism elsewhere, 1884–85

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Giuseppe Grieco @giuseppegrieco.bsky.social · May 17

I am delighted to share the programme of 'Global Order and Governance beyond the West' (May 29) at @cityhistory.bsky.social. Featuring talks by Arnulf Becker Lorca (EUI), Emma Mackinnon (Cambridge), @mjbayly.bsky.social (LSE).
In person/online registration: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · May 15

It was a pleasure to host Ignacio Higueras Hare, Peru's ambassador to the UK, at the University of Warwick and @warwickpais.bsky.social. We appreciated his remarks about Latin American integration, and especially his outreach to our students.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais...

Peru’s Ambassador Visits Warwick

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · May 12

Small States & Territories assembled a great forum on Veenendaal and Corbett's influential, "Why Small States Offer Important Answers to Large Questions."

My essay, "Historical dynamics of international relationships: Veenendaal and Corbett beyond
comparative politics" www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/...

www.um.edu.mt

Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · May 7

Excited to be in this issue of APSR, with "A Turn Against Empire: Benito Juárez’s Liberal Rejoinder to the French Intervention in Mexico," with @caschulz.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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Dr. Ivo Ganchev @drivoganchev.bsky.social · May 2

🎙️ My new #podcast New Regional Orders is now live!
Ep. 1: @tomlongphd.bsky.social from @warwickpais.bsky.social & I discuss U.S. #power in #Latin #America, #small #states & #regionalism.

As #Trump 2.0 reshapes #foreign #policy, this couldn’t be more timely.

🎧 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAhm...

Prof. Tom Long on Small States & U.S. Power in Latin America | Episode #01 | New Regional Orders

YouTube video by Dr. Ivo Ganchev

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Eline van Ommen @elinevanommen.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thrilled to see Nicaragua Must Survive discussed in a H-Diplo roundtable. Deeply grateful to @mollyavery.bsky.social , Michelle Chase, @tomlongphd.bsky.social & @sarahosten.bsky.social for their engagement and kind words. Thank you @emleake.bsky.social for organising!

issforum.org/ISSF/PDF/RJI...

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Apr 10

Big congratulations to my @warwickpais.bsky.social colleague, Charlie Price!

EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · Apr 10

In his paper in EJIR, charlieprice.bsky.social analyses the Nordic Resistance Movement’s fantasy of the Nordic Nation and shows how collective ideological fantasies become grounded in present bodies to make such fantasies intelligible.

You can read it here: t1p.de/lpjet

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Apr 5

The assault on the US knowledge infrastructure continues.

AAUP @aaup.org · Apr 4

DOGE has now turned its sights on a small agency that provides support for community programs in every state. The National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds museums, historic sites, libraries, educators and media outlets across the country, has been told to slash staff by 70-80 percent.🧵

Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Apr 4

The Wilson Center has been effectively shuttered by Trump and Musk. This saves taxpayers almost nothing, while erasing space for policy research, dialogue, and exchange, all things I gained from and made a small contribution to. For shame.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...

Workers at Wilson Center Put on Leave as Trump Seeks Shutdown

About 130 employees of the Wilson Center were told they were being put on leave, just four days after workers for Elon Musk’s team entered the center.

www.nytimes.com

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Apr 2

The arguments the Trump admin is making in this case are alarming. The USG can deport someone with legal status to another country's prisons (supposedly by mistake), cannot correct that error, nor be challenged in court as a "unitary executive". No limits, no checks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order his release, the Trump administration said in a court filin...

www.nytimes.com

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Mar 21

A happy 219th birthday to Mexico's Benito Juárez! If you'd like to learn more about the international political thought of the Benemérito and his Liberal coalition in the tumultous 1860s, please take at look at our recent piece in the @apsrjournal.bsky.social:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Feb 28

As Carsten Schulz and I head to #ISA2025, fittingly, a paper that we presented at ISA 2024 has just been accepted in the Journal of Global History!

"Seeing the Berlin Conference from the Periphery: Latin American Reactions to Imperialism Elsewhere, 1884-1885," details coming soon.

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Tom Long @tomlongphd.bsky.social · Feb 28

Sunday, on the RT "Liberalism beyond the West" chaired by John Ikenberry and Matías Spektor; Tues, on the panel, "Multilateralism in Time: The Past and Present of an Institutional Form," chaired by Orfeo Fioretos; and Wed, the RT "The Return of Territorial Conflict," organized by Rob Geist Pinfold.